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... garden hedge or a mellow brick wall are the seedbeds in which botany's " back room boys " have nurtured world - changing industries . The bombs aimed at Kew's acres of glass recalled Axis campaigns to capture the cin- chona and rubber ...
... garden hedge or a mellow brick wall are the seedbeds in which botany's " back room boys " have nurtured world - changing industries . The bombs aimed at Kew's acres of glass recalled Axis campaigns to capture the cin- chona and rubber ...
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Pink Astilbe Charms an Amateur Botanist in the Rock Garden More than a show place is Brit- ain's national garden ; it is a sci- entific institution , a botanic Ber- tillon file , serving world needs in the identification of plants ...
Pink Astilbe Charms an Amateur Botanist in the Rock Garden More than a show place is Brit- ain's national garden ; it is a sci- entific institution , a botanic Ber- tillon file , serving world needs in the identification of plants ...
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... garden : " The gardens of Kew are not very large . Nor is their situation by any means advan- tageous ; as it is low , and commands no pros- pects . Originally the ground was one con- tinued dead flat : the soil was in general barren ...
... garden : " The gardens of Kew are not very large . Nor is their situation by any means advan- tageous ; as it is low , and commands no pros- pects . Originally the ground was one con- tinued dead flat : the soil was in general barren ...
Contents
Arizona Sheep Trek By Francis R Line With 16 illustrations in color from natural | iv |
From Indian Canoes to Submarines at Key West Florida By Frederick Simpich With | xii |
Kunming Pilgrimage 20 illustrations from photographs by John Gutmann and Joseph | xix |
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